Israeli fence 'will harm one in three Palestinians'

[Classical_Liberal]

Israeli fence 'will harm one in three Palestinians'

12 November 2003

The "separation fence" Israel is building in the West Bank will have "severe humanitarian consequences" for almost 700,000 Palestinians, the UN warned yesterday.

More than 274,000 will be stranded outside the wall because Israel refuses to build it along the internationally recognised Green Line. Thousands will be forced to apply for Israeli military permits to live in their own homes.

But the consequences will reach further, the report warns. A further 400,000 Palestinians will be cut off from their farmland, their jobs, universities and schools. "This means that approximately 680,000 - 30 per cent of the Palestinian population in the West Bank - will be directly harmed by the wall," the UN said in a report.

The "fence" - a series of concrete walls, deep trenches and double fences fitted with electronic sensors - has attracted international condemnation. Palestinians call it "Israel's Berlin Wall". Even the US, Israel's main ally, says it is not happy with the route. Israel says the purpose is to prevent Palestinian suicide bombers and other attackers crossing into Israel.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=462952

[Resistance]

1. Maybe harming Palestinians is the goal

(besides the stealing of land thing)

[DuctapeFatwa]

2. So 2 out of 3 will have to be harmed by Apache helicopters and thugs

Good news for McDonnell-Douglas!

[bluesoul]

3. Who said

you can't profit from the killing. Moore's Bowling For Columbine was a great example!

[Resistance]

4. Hmm

do we want peace, or do we want to make money off killings. Let me take a guess what our brave leaders will choose.